Murlo

Murlo is a medieval Tuscan village situated in a border position between the Val di Merse and the Crete of the Val d’Arbia. Small and charming, Murlo is the center of an agricultural and tourist area rich in villages, castles and churches.
The name derives from the latin murulus ("Muretto"), with the meaning of "walled place", but it also seems could derive always from the latin "mus" ("mouse") having regard to the rampant mice on the oldest municipal coats of arms.
The landscape presents high hills and woodland on the slope of the river Merse going toward the Maremma grossetana; instead, on the slope of the river Arbia, the hills are low and softer typical of Crete Senesi.

Murlo is famous all over the world for its ancient past told by the Etruscan settlements, whose testimonies can be admired in the local Museum "Antiquarium of Poggio Civitate", located in the historic center.
From 1189 to 1778 the town was the seat of the eponymous episcopal fiefdom, ecclesiastical lordship ruled by the bishop of Siena, of which the palace, the adjoining parish church of San Fortunato and the famous castle, consisting of two access gates, remain.

The territory of Murlo also includes the centers of Casciano di Murlo and Vescovado. The latter is an ancient center formed by the merger of the two villages of Andica and Tinoni, which at the beginning of the 19th century were still separated.

The area's livelihood is agriculture, sheep farming, oil and wine production. Developed is the activity of hunting and fishing, which engages so many murlesi. The territory also lends itself to the search for the delicious white truffle.